The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 94, Ed. 1 Monday, April 8, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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Shawnee will have Natural Gas By September ist, which Means a Great Inducement to Factories of all Kinds
—The Shawnee newS'ss
THE NEWSPAPER THAT 13 MAKING SHAWNEE FAM0U8-'FEAR GOD, TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL/'
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VOL. 10—NO. 94.
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1907.
8HAWNEE NEWS 40c A MONTH
TO THIS CITY
MAINLAND WRITES THAT GAS
COMPANY WILL OFFER AT-
TRACTIVE CONCESSIONS.
Mayor^Elect Frank Stearns Receives
Assurances of a Hopeful
Character.
William Mainland of the Gas Com-
pany has written a congratulatory let-
ter to Mayor-elect Frank P. Stearns
oft this city, and pledges teh company
to work unceasingly for the upbuilding
of this city. He asserts that natural
gas will be brought in as soon as pos-
sible, and that teh company is pre-
paring to make attractive concessions
to manufacturing interests which can-
not but bring many such to the city.
With its many natural advantages,
Shawnee, when she gets natural gas
and is able to offer it to manufactur-
ing concerns at liberal figures, should
soon become a manufacturing center
of great importance. There is now
no doubt whatever but that natural
pas will be piped in by September 1,
and the company has pledged itself
to offer the necessary inducements to
manufacturers. Let 'em come on.
Doing Business Again.
"When my friends thought I was
about to take leave of this world on
account of Indigestion, nervousness
and general debility," writes A. A.
Chisholm, Treadwell, N. Y., "and when
it looked as If there was no hope left,
I was persuaded to try Electric Bitters,
and I rejoice to say that they are cur-
ing me. I am now doing business
again as of old, and am still gaining
dally." Best tonic medicine on earth.
Guaranteed by all druggists, 60c. •
in
BIG FEATURE FOR ELKS.
SIX MEN ON HORSEBACK BLOW-
ED THE STATE BANK OF 'SEM-
INOLE THIS MORNING.
Job Took an Hour and a Half and No
One Interfered With the Despera-
does, Who Had the Citliens
Buffaloed.
Six men on horseback rode into the
town of Seminole, twenty miles south-
east of Shawnee, at 1 o'clock this
morning and robbed the State bank
at that place of $1,100. They were
an hour and a half completing their
work and although the whole town
was awakened, no one interfered or
gave chase to the desperadoes.
The horses were tied near the bank,
where four men entered while two
remained outside and kept up an In-
cessant fusilade of shots in all di-
rections. The vaults were blown op-
en and the doors were blown into the
street, and the building badly dam-
aged. Every man, woman and child
in the little town was awakened, but
none had an inclination to make an
attempt at saving the bank or to cap-
ture the robbers.
The desperadoes were cool and did
their work leisurely, taking an hour
and a half to complete the job. After
which they mounted their horses and
carried the $1,100 plunder in safety
and with ease out of Seminole. It
was some time before word was sent
to outside points, and no clue has
been obtained as yet to the men who
(lid the deed. It is believed, however,
that they are part of an organized
band of criminals that have been rob-
bing the banks of this vicinity of late.
They are exceedingly bold, notwith
standing the fact that their work Is
amatc urish and crude. This band is
believed to make headquarters in Ok
lahoma City and Guthrie. The bank
was fully insured for the amount lost
and its depositors will suffer no In-
cenvenience as a result of the rob-
bery.
LUMBER TRUST, COAL TRUST
AND THE BANKERS SYNDICATE
DOYLE CLAIMS CRUCE IS CREA-
TURE OF THE CORPORA-
TIONS.
CARNIVAL IS HERE
GREAT COSMOPOLITAN SHOWS
ARRIVE SUNDAY AND WILL
ENTERTAIN ALL WEEK.
Says He is Not Out in Haskell's In-
terests—Charges Cruce With
Corporate Affiliations
Guthrie, Okla., April 8.—Angered at
the interview given out by Lee Cruce
of Ardmore, the first democrat to an-
nounce his candidacy for goveriyjr, in
which Cruce intimates that the can-
didacy of Tom Doyle of Perry is in
the Interest of "Railroad" Haskell of
Muskogee, Doyle issued a signed state-
ment In which he tore several inches
of cuticle off the Ardmore man. So
strong were the charges of corpora-
tion influence made against Cruce,
that local democrats believe it will
be Impossible for Doyle to support the
"Sqnawman" If he Is nominated at
the primaries, May 23.
After paying a tribute to Haskell
aud other uncorrupted members of the
Constitutional Convention," Doyle de-
nies that his candidacy is in the in-
terest of Haskell, but admits that even
though he were not a candidate he
would be opposed to Cruce. He says:
"This is because I believe he is, polit-
ically the creature of the corporations,
and that they expect through him to
prostitute the democracy of the new
state in the interest of" corporate
greed and corruption. He is the pres-
ident of a national bank, a bank of
issue, a fit representative of the mon-
ey power, but unfit to be the standard
bearer of his party. Democracy has
always opposed the private control of
the issue and circulation of money
by banks.
"1 have atended the democratic and
statehood conventions for more than
ten years but the first time I met Mr.
Cruce, he together with J. H. John-
ston, the defeated candidate for mayor
of Oklahoma City, were before the
statehood executive committee asking
our endorsement of a scheme to com-
mercialize statehood excursions to
Washington; patrlotoc and public Bplr-
Ited! As a stockholder, bond holder
and officer of many corporations he
seems to have acquired the commer-
cial instinct. However, he is frank
to acknowledge that the party owes
him nothing; but 1 will admit that ho
Is eminently fitted to be a candidate
of the lumber trust, the coal trust and
the bankers' syndicate that expects
the use of the many millions dollars
of public money of the school and oth-
er funds of the new state.
"The railroads have plundered our
people and Standard Oil has covered
the new state with its slimy tentacles
and they will now try to plunder our
people through the dominant party.
Their methods are wel known, and It
seems from the manner in which Lee
Cruce has conducted his campaign,
that he has accepted their methods."
Ladies of 'the Carnegie Library Board
Get 5 Per Cent of Gross Receipts
—Numerous Attractions and
Merry Making Devices.
The Great Cosmopolitan Shows ar-
rived in Shawnee Sunday at 2:30 p.
in., from South McAlester, where they
had a big run. The carnival will be
on all this week in the vacant lot near
the Rock Island depot on South Union.
Five per cent of the gross receipts go
to the ladies of the library board of
the Carnegie public library for the
benet of that institution.
There are sixteen shows in all,
comprising a main wild west show,
a Mamie show, an outlaw show, crazy
house, London ghost show, Katzen-
jamer castle, Arkansaw minstrels,
jumping horses, glass show, musical
comedy, plantation show, wild west
animal show, miniature ponies, penny
arcade, and numerous other attrac-
tions.
There are several good free attrac-
tions, such as the high dive and the
ballyboo man and the confetti and
other usual merry making events.
Kvery one in Shawnee is going to the
carnlvaL It is a sure sign of spring
time when the carnivals come. A
band Is carried by the shows that
gives special selections on the main
streets every day. Three hundred
people are carried. It takes the hoo-
doo number of 23 cars to haul this
carnival company.
Just Because
y.'nr rough is only In the throat and
does not trouble you now, don't think
that It needs no attention. When it
has not bad much of a start Is the
time to check IL The slightest cough
easily leads to pneumonia, bronchitis
and consumption. A bottle of Bal-
lard's Horehound Syrup will cure that
oough. The price puts it within reach
Df all. At all druggists. •
i scramble for mce is d
NEW STATE OFFICIALS WILL
DRAW SALARIES AS NOW
PROVIDED
Some Very Rich Plums—Clerk of Dis-
trict Court probably Best
Paying Office
Muskogee, I. T., April 8.—Under the
constitution proposed there are to be
elected in the seventy-five counties
of the state 825 county officers, exclus-
ive of the 105 mobers of the lower
house of the legislature and forty-
four mebers of the upper house. Neith-
er does thlB include assistants or dep-
uties that nearly every county officer
Is entitled to appoint. This in addi-
tion to state officers, brings the ques-
tion of local politics home to the peo-
ple and the scramble has commenced.
In the new state the county officers
TRACKAGE AND 6USINEESS
INVESTMENTS
125x140 trackage on South Broad-
way, is a snap at $3,000.
40x140 trackage on S. Bell, half a
block from Main, only $5,000.
40x140 trackage on Union avenue
half block from Main, price $4,000.
Main street business house, two
story brick, good rental, price $7,-
600.
Modern two story brick on Main
street Bargain at $10,000.
New and modern two story brick on
N. Broadway, is a snap at $8,000.
Beautiful two story 8 room dwell-
ing, 75x150 foot lot, five blocks north
of Main. Owner does not live in
city and has cut price to $3,000.
EA8TERWOOD A PUGH,
Phone 505
Room 7 over Oklahoma National bank
will draw salaries as provided in the
present Oklahoma counties. There
are some rich plums for the picking.
A majority of the officers are on a
fee basis bo thst their salaries will de-
pend largely on the amount of busi-
ness transacted, though there is a
maximum in most cases and. when
the fees exceed that maximum the ex-
cess goes to the county funds.
The clerk of a district court is paid
in fees and this will probably be the
best paying of all the county offices,
especially in the eastern end of the
state. Often mors than one county is
included in a judicial district. 1 The
sheriff is allowed certain fixed fees
in addition to his salary. The sadary
runs from $1,600 In counties of 10,000
population up to 12,800 where the pop-
ulation is over 20,000. The county
judge is on a salary based on popu-
lation running from $1,000 a year in
counties of 10,000 or less, to $2,000
where there Is a population in excess
of 18,000. By a special provision In
the constitution the salaries of the
county judge and the county attorney
in counties wher the population is 40,-
000 or more, each shall receive $3,000
per year. The register of deeds is
allowed $1,000 in counties of 10,000
population and $2,000 in counties of
18,000 or more, but in addition he gets
50 per cent of all fees In excess of
his salary. A county clerk Is to re-
ceive $1,000 in counties of 10,000 and
up to $1,600 In counties where the
population exceeds 18,000. The county
treasurer in counties of 10,000 or less
receives $800 and up to $2,200 In coun-
ties exceeding 18,000. A county attor-
ney receives $500 in counties of 10,000
and up to $1,000 in counties exceeding
18,000 except In counties exceeding
40,000, as mentioned. Three county
commissioners will receive from $350
to $500 each a year. The county sup-
erintendent of schools will get from
$500 to $1,000 per year depending on
the population of the county.
Ther are very few counties In the
state where the population will fall
below the 10,00 limit and in most of
them It will exceed the 18,000 limit.
Special Meeting A. F. & A. M.
Special communication of Shawnee
Lodge, No. 27, A. F. & A. M., Monday
evening, April 8, at 7:30 sharp.
Work In F. C. and M. M. degrees.
Visiting brethren welcome,
S. H. LESTER,
H. G. NEWCOMB. Master.
Secretary.
Captain C. C. Ross, socialist candi-
date for governor, will speak in the
city hall this evening, April 8, at 8
o'clock. Subject "Unionism and So
cialism." Everybody invited. A spec-
ial Invitation is extended to organized
labor to be present.
THE THAW TRIAL
Massed Band Parade in Philadelphia
Will Include 3000 Musicians.
Philadelphia, April 8.—Among the DR. HAMILTON WILL BE FIRST
many features which have been pro-, WITNESS TODAY.
vlded for the visitors at the eonven
tion and reunion of the B. P. O. Elks,
which is to be held during the week
of July 15th, is a massed band concert
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw May be Recalled
to Refute Hummers
T estimony.
New York, April X.—Attorney Del-
ft*
Harry K. Thaw, was busy all day Sun
day working on the summng up ad-
in which all of the musical organiza- BMP .....IP ... ,
tions, present in this city during that Phin M. Delmas, chief counsel
week, are expected to participate.
From present indications it is bt - _ — __
lleved that no less than 3,000 musi- dress which he will deliver to the Jury
clans will be employed by the various I'"day. Delmas said that the first
lodges taking part In the festivities 1 'blng which would be done at the
and all of these are expected to turn j bearing of the case would be the call-
out on the morning of Wednesday jlnK to the stand of l>r. Allen McLane
July 18, and under the guidance of H'Hllm,1,on
prominent band leadt r, parade on I 't has not yet been decided whether
Broad street, playing the melodies | Mrs- Evelyn Nesblt Thaw will lie
besi known and best liked by the or recalled to the stand or not. The law-
der of Elks. yers for the defense wish to have
Never before In the history of pub- her recalled again to refute some of
lie processions hiiB there been a pa-!,he testimony given by Abe Hummel
rade of the kind which the Elks are,1" regard to the petitions she is al-
preparlng for the visitors. There Is i leged to have signed in his office
no doubt but that a new record will against. Harry K. Thaw, in which she
be established when all of the 3,000 .charged him with cruelty during their
Instrumentalists are formed In lino' trip over Europe. Delmas staled
and march along the principal high-ihowever, that the counsel for the de-
way of the city rendering "Auld ang. fense had not yet fully decided
Syne" . (whether It would be best to call her
■ or not. He stated that the matter
MAY CAUSE DEATH. was under consideration and would
——— not be fully decided upon until today.
Roy Waugh Suffers Severe Injuries in The general impression, however. Is
His Guthrie Store. that she will again be called to the
, . ,, „ „ stand. Delmas expects to have fin
Guthrie, Okla. April 8.—Roy Waugh ■ u i Vi , i
of anri,,,,«„i. , ' lshe(1 h,s dosing address to the jury
or Springfield, Mo., proprietor of a k j „ .
... , by Tuesday evening. Even should
trunk factory and Indian curio store r, „„„ , ,,
i. * , . both Dr. Hamilton and Mrs. Thafc
here, was perhaps fatally injured by h oll , .. . ..
„„ , ,, ' be called, it is not llkelv that they
an explosion of gasoline which com- .. ..
niotoi. , ti > „ , wi" consume more than the morning
pletely wrecked his place of business. —v. t. r-v ,
„. ... , . , .session. This will permit Delmas to
His left leg was broken in three1. . ,
ni„„ „i , , . , .begin his summing up address by
places and he received many other ,,
, „ , , Tuesday afternoon.
bruises and numerous burns which
may cause his death. Should he be
It is said on good authority that
the summing up address of the dls-
„u, . , .. , . . me summing up aaaress or tne dis-
able to survive the Injuries it will be ., . Jj„ . , „ ...
, . . .. , trict attorney will be almost aa brief
necessary to amputate the leg above I .. .' . . . . _. . , . .
as was that of Assistant District At
the knee.
So great was the force of the ex-
plosion that many windows across the
street were broken out and buildings
for blocks around were shaken.
DRESS AS TRAMPS.
They
Money Makers
100 feet good trackage property on
Beard street, Rock Island track entire
length of lot, at a bargain.
50 feet on A. T. & 8. F., good loca-
tion. Must be sold. Price no ob-
ject
Fifty feet East Main business prop-
erty. Very desirable. See It.
Business house for rent. Best lo-
cation In city for drug store, racket
store, etc. Better see this at once if
yon want a first class location. Will
not last long.
One block left two blocks from car
line (26 lots), $1,300, easy terms.
100 dwellings and cottages on our
list. See them before buying
have thebargalns .
COFFIN & LAMBARO
We
REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSUR-
ANCE.
108 N. Bell 8L Phone 3«8
Return Home to Receive Par-
ental Forgiveness.
Hagerstown, Md., April 8.—After
reaching this town penniless and hun-
gry, both dressed as tramps, and hav-
ing beaten their way across the conti-
nent on freight trains, Mr. and Mrs.
Leon H. Benson started for their old
home in Tacoma, Wash. The prod-
igals are returning to enjoy the tra-
ditional welcome extended by Mrs.
Benson's parents, who have forgiven
the runaways who left home that they
might be married. She was only IB
and Benson 21 when they ran away.
Benson furnished the suit of man s
clothes In which his sweetheart trav-
eued. Maryland attracted the young
people because of ts broad marriage
laws. His first move was to secure
work and then they were married.
They saved enough to establish them-
selves comfortably. The parents re-
lented and sent for the couple. Ben-
son returns to work for his father-in
law.
forney Garvin, in opening the trial:
Mr. Garvin's address consumed less
than half an hour.
DENIES REPORT OF THAW'S PLAN
Making Improvements.
John Garrett Is completely remodel
ing his home at 210 North Union. It
Is being painted a snow white and
other extensive Improvements are be-
ing made.
A smart tailor makes a smart suit.
A smart suit makes a smart man. Let
us be your tailor and yon be the man.
L. C. Elston & Co., 114 N. Broadway.
4-3t
When
, In need of Money.
See us.
BANK OF COMMERCE.
Says that the Couple Will Not Go to
South Africa if Freed.
New York, April 8.—Speaking for
the Thaw family, Edward Thaw made
a denial of the story that Ilarry Thaw
was planning a trip to South Africa
n the event of his acquittal of the mur-
der of Stanford White.
Edward Thaw, who s a brother of
Harry Thaw, said that the matter had
been thoroughly discussed, and that
there would be no restraint placed
on Harry Thaw by his family In re-
gard to his future action*.
Harry and Evelyn Thaw have, ac-
cording to Edward's statement, prac-
tically perfected arrangements where-
by they will go to a small place In
France and live for some time In the
event of a favorable outcome of the
trial.
It Is stated thai no member of the
family will accompany them or bother
them during their stay abroad. Ed-
ward Thaw also took occasion to deny
the reports that Harry Thaw had
caused considerable worry to the
members of his family through his
ungovernable and cruel temper.
He said that Harry's disposition was
just the opposite of his and that the
stories circulated of him having treat-
ed his servants cruelly or with hav-
ing threatened them were absolutely
false. He pointed out that Thaw had
only had two valets In ten years, and
that both of them were strongly at-
tached to him.
A Prosperous Addition.
A. H. Hurford, a prominent real es-
tate dealer with offlcos in room 5 over
Harryman's Drug 8tore, has opened
up a fine addition south of Shawnee,
adjoining the Santa Fe yards and
shops. He has built a number of
houses and Is selling the properties
at $10 down, $5 per month for each
lot. The addition bids fair to be a
popular one, as it has five cent street
car service and many other advan-
tages.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bales, who have
been the guests of their son, Frank
Bales, foreman of The News compos-
ing room, left today for Birch Tree,
Mo. They have resided In Woods
county, Oklahoma, for three years,
and return to their former home.
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